A Sudanese man has been granted asylum in the UK after he was arrested walking the length of the Channel Tunnel from France to England last August. The Guardian reports: Abdul Haroun, who was arrested at the English end of the tunnel in August and charged with obstructing a railway under an obscure 19th-century law, has been held in prison since then. He was to face trial this month. At a brief hearing at Canterbury crown court, where Harount appeared via video-link from prison and spoke only to confirm his name, the prosecutor Philip Bennetts said the 40-year-old had been granted asylum on 24 December. Bennetts requested 14 days for the prosecution to consider the effect of this new information on the criminal case, suggesting that the charge against Haroun may be dropped. Judge Adele Williams granted the request, adjourning the case to 18 January for the prosecution to announce their decision. She also granted Haroun immediate bail after Bennetts made clear the prosecution was not opposing his release. Haroun has been supported by a small, local refugee rights group which was able to provide him with an address. This address was not disclosed in court. The judge told Haroun via [...]